Spring Stampede (2000)
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| Promotion | World Championship Wrestling | ||
| Date | April 16, 2000 | ||
| City | Chicago, Illinois | ||
| Venue | United Center | ||
| Attendance | 12,556 | ||
| Tagline(s) | Stomp Of Approval | ||
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The 2000 Spring Stampede was the fifth and final Spring Stampede pay-per-view (PPV) event produced by World Championship Wrestling (WCW). The event took place on April 16, 2000 from the United Center in Chicago. Spring Stampede would be the final wrestling pay-per-view to be held at this venue until Forbidden Door in 2022.
The event was notable due to the creation of a new WCW after Eric Bischoff and Vince Russo rebooted the company by vacating all the championships and refreshing the WCW roster. Many tournaments occurred during the event for the vacated championships. The main event was the tournament final for the vacated WCW World Heavyweight Championship between Diamond Dallas Page and Jeff Jarrett. During the match, Page's wife Kimberly Page turned on her husband, allowing Jarrett to win the title.
The undercard featured tournaments to crown the new World Tag Team and United States Heavyweight Champions. Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Ric Flair and The Total Package to win the vacated World Tag Team Championship and Scott Steiner defeated Sting to win the vacated United States Heavyweight Championship. Chris Candido won a Six-Way match for the vacant Cruiserweight Championship and Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley in a Hardcore match for the vacant Hardcore Championship.
The events of this event would lead to the beginning of an angle, in which the WCW roster was divided into two factions: New Blood and Millionaire's Club. New Blood was the villainous group of young wrestlers and Millionaire's Club was the heroic group of veterans of the industry.
Storylines
[edit]The event featured wrestlers from pre-existing scripted feuds and storylines. Wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches.[1]
| Role: | Name: |
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| Commentators | Tony Schiavone |
| Scott Hudson | |
| Mark Madden | |
| Interviewer | Gene Okerlund |
| Referees | Mickie Jay |
| Mark Johnson | |
| Nick Patrick | |
| Charles Robinson | |
| Billy Silverman | |
| Ring announcers | Michael Buffer |
| David Penzer |
Reception
[edit]In 2015, Kevin Pantoja of 411Mania gave the event a rating of 3.5 [Bad], stating, "Surprisingly, this is the highest score I’ve given WCW in 2000. Nothing on this show is must see at all, but I managed to see a near three star effort. With the exception of the Mancow/Hart match, everything is at the very least watchable. The fact that there are fourteen matches means that things move by rather quickly, which helps. There was potential here, but everything is so overdone by shenanigans that [it] ends up ruining it."[2]
Results
[edit]| No. | Results | Stipulations | Times |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ric Flair and The Total Package (with Elizabeth) defeated The Harris Brothers (Ron and Don) and The Mamalukes (Big Vito and Johnny the Bull) (with Disco Inferno) | WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal | 06:11 |
| 2 | Mancow (with Al Roker Jr., Turd the Bartender, and Freak) defeated Jimmy Hart | Singles match | 02:48 |
| 3 | Scott Steiner defeated The Wall by disqualification | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal | 03:53 |
| 4 | Mike Awesome defeated Ernest Miller | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal | 04:00 |
| 5 | Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell defeated Harlem Heat 2000 (Stevie Ray and Big T) (with J. Biggs and Kash) | WCW World Tag Team Championship tournament semifinal | 02:41 |
| 6 | Sting defeated Booker T | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal | 06:34 |
| 7 | Vampiro defeated Billy Kidman (with Torrie Wilson) | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament quarterfinal | 08:28 |
| 8 | Terry Funk defeated Norman Smiley | Hardcore match for the vacant WCW Hardcore Championship | 08:02 |
| 9 | Scott Steiner defeated Mike Awesome by submission | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinal | 03:14 |
| 10 | Sting defeated Vampiro by submission | WCW United States Heavyweight Championship tournament semifinal | 05:59 |
| 11 | Chris Candido (with Tammy Lynn Sytch) defeated The Artist Formerly Known as Prince Iaukea (with Paisley), Juventud Guerrera, Shannon Moore (with Shane Helms), Lash LeRoux and Crowbar (with Daffney) | Six-Way match for the vacant WCW Cruiserweight Championship | 05:12 |
| 12 | Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell (with Vince Russo) defeated Ric Flair and The Total Package (with Elizabeth) | Tournament final for the vacant WCW World Tag Team Championship | 08:29 |
| 13 | Scott Steiner defeated Sting by technical submission | Tournament final for the vacant WCW United States Heavyweight Championship | 05:33 |
| 14 | Jeff Jarrett defeated Diamond Dallas Page (with Kimberly Page) | Tournament final for the vacant WCW World Heavyweight Championship | 15:02 |
Tournament brackets
[edit]World Heavyweight Championship Tournament
[edit]| Qualification matches (TV) | Semifinals (TV) | Final (PPV) | ||||||||||||
| 1 | Diamond Dallas Page | 9:01 | ||||||||||||
| 4 | The Total Package | 5:00 | Sting | Pin | ||||||||||
| 5 | Diamond Dallas Page | Pin | Diamond Dallas Page | 15:02 | ||||||||||
| Jeff Jarrett | Pin | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Curt Hennig | 8:52 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Sid Vicious | 5:00 | Jeff Jarrett | Pin | ||||||||||
| 6 | Sting | CO | ||||||||||||
World Tag Team Championship Tournament
[edit]| Semifinals (PPV) | Final (PPV) | ||||||||
| 1 | Ric Flair and The Total Package | 6:11 | |||||||
| 4 | The Harris Brothers (Ron Harris and Don Harris) The Mamalukes (Johnny the Bull and Vito) | Pin | |||||||
| Ric Flair and Total Package | 8:29 | ||||||||
| Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell | Pin | ||||||||
| 3 | Harlem Heat 2000 (Stevie Ray and Big T) | 2:41 | |||||||
| 2 | Shane Douglas and Buff Bagwell | Pin | |||||||
United States Heavyweight Championship Tournament
[edit]| Quarterfinals (PPV) | Semifinals (PPV) | Final (PPV) | ||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | 3:53 | |||||||||||||
| The Wall | DQ | |||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | 3:14 | |||||||||||||
| Mike Awesome | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Mike Awesome | 4:00 | |||||||||||||
| Ernest Miller | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Scott Steiner | 5:33 | |||||||||||||
| Sting | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Booker T | 6:34 | |||||||||||||
| Sting | Pin | |||||||||||||
| Vampiro | 5:59 | |||||||||||||
| Sting | Sub | |||||||||||||
| Vampiro | 8:28 | |||||||||||||
| Billy Kidman | Pin | |||||||||||||
References
[edit]- ^ Grabianowski, Ed (13 January 2006). "How Pro Wrestling Works". HowStuffWorks, Inc. Discovery Communications. Retrieved 2015-11-15.
- ^ "Random Network Reviews: Spring Stampede 2000".